Sanders spoke for more than hour in Manchester before heading to a rally in Exeter. He said his message continues to resonate with Granite Staters, and he's ready for the primary.

Polls show him with a significant lead over former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

"I think the success of our campaign is talking truth in a straightforward way to the American people," Sanders said.

At the final Politics and Eggs event hosted by St. Anselm College, Sanders talked about standing up to what he called a corrupt campaign finance system.

"We have received, up until this point, 3.5 million individual contributions," Sanders said. "That is more individual contributions than any other candidate in the history of the United States of America up until this point in a campaign."

Sanders said that if he's elected president, he will raise the minimum wage and fight for paid family leave. To those calling him Santa Claus, because he wants to give away "free stuff," he said he has a plan to pay for it.

"It will cost the average worker in America an increase in payroll tax of $1.61 a week," he said. "I think that is a good investment, and as president, I will fight to have the United States join the rest of the industrialized world."

At Sanders' rally in Exeter, hundreds of people showed up, despite the weather.

"Do you know what momentum is?" Sanders said. "Momentum is in the midst of a snowstorm, you can't get all of the people into the room. That's momentum."

Following the rally in Exeter, Sanders was supposed to pick up an endorsement, but that event was cancelled. There was no word on when it will be rescheduled.